Legal Opinion
Diaz v. Government of the Virgin Islands
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided December 7, 2004No. D.C. Crim. App. No. 2003/007PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
(December 7, 2004)
After having been disciplined administratively for stabbing a fellow inmate at the Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility (GGACF), the appellant was charged and found guilty of criminal assault. The appellant now asks this Court to decide whether his criminal conviction for the stabbing incident, following administrative penalties, violated constitutional prohibitions against double jeopardy. This Court holds that it does not.
I. STATEMENT OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
The facts of this case are not in dispute. While serving a five-year sentence at the…
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